Is Google GPU beta available in free trial?

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I am using google free trial of $300. Recently tried to launch a GPU instance as per this.

I have configured the right region. But the message is "Quota 'NVIDIA_K80_GPUS' exceeded. Limit: 0.0". Does this mean that GPU is not available in free trial? Or is it somekind of error from gcp.

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You can't attach GPUs to preemptible instances and GPUs do not receive sustained use discounts so I think it's almost certainly the case that GPUs are simply not available in the free trial. – jarmod
I was on the free trial but upgraded my account. I created a new project to see if it would be any different but it looks like the my quota for GPUs is still 0. There's a form to request an increase for quotas -- see the Requesting additional quota docs. I thought that upgrading my account to a paid account would do the trick but it did not. – sbolel
Google says "You can't request an increase until you upgrade your free trial account" – Nithin Jose

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By default the quota is zero for every one. One need to request for additional quota if he needs to increase the GPU. This form is only available if we upgrade our account. In the increase quota form it says "Please note that projects using free trial credits are not eligible for quota increases until the free trial period has ended."

Update

The google GPU is no more in beta and is shown available in free trial.But you can't start the machine in free trial mode as the quota is 0. Refer for information on regions and restrictions